4.12.2010

giveaway #11

Last giveaway's winners are: mountainweaver, you have won the pattern and the lovely yarn to make the vest, and Crochetbunnii, you have won a copy of the pattern. Congratulations! Please shoot me an email at yarnonthehouse@gmail.com with your info to claim your prize.

Boy-oh-boy, do I have a special treat for you today! I am happy to announce our guest designer, blogger, podcaster of the week: Alana Dakos from Never Not Knitting.

I got the exciting opportunity to speak with Alana recently, and we decided that it would be fun to do a personal interview as an audio recording for my blog, since Alana is a podcaster. Alana's candid interview delves into her personal life a little more, which is a nice addition to the knitting talk we are used to and know from her regular podcasts. You may learn a thing or two about her that you may not have known before...enjoy!

Along with this fantastic pattern, the SIX winners will also receive a copy of Alana's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe! If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you probably haven't listened to the recording yet!

If you have not had a chance to visit the One Planet Yarn and Fiber shop, you need to take a look. They carry a beautiful selection of quality yarns and fibers. One Planet is also offerring all the YarnOnTheHouse followers 10% off through the end of May when you use the coupon code: House10.

I would like you to do the following if you would like to be entered into this week's giveaway:

1) Have an address in the US to ship the yarn to. If you have a friend or relative that has a US mailing address who is willing to be your shipping sponsor, that will work as well. I will send it to them and they can then forward it on to you.

2) Post a comment on this blog post by the end of Sunday, 4/18/2010, telling us if you have used any HandMaiden yarns before and if so, what you think of them. If you haven't had the opportunity to try HandMaiden yarns, you can just leave a general comment for the blog, Alana, or One Planet. Have fun!

3) Please post only one comment to give everyone a fair chance.

Again, I'll randomly pick the winners on Sunday and post the results on Monday along with the new giveaway, so be sure to check back. Good luck everyone.

410 comments:

I love Alana's podcast and listen regularly. I've never tried Handmaiden yarns before but after seeing the beautiful Cedar leaf pattern I definitely want to try both the yarn and the pattern! Thank you for hosting this blog and this give away!

I own a skein of Handmaiden Casbah and a skein of SeaSilk. I haven't decided what to make with either of them but they are lovely to pet until I figure it out!I would LOVE to win the pattern and the yarn!

I haven't used Handmaiden yarn before and would love a chance to try it!I've been wanting to make the Cedar Leaf Shawlette pattern, too. downloading the interview now...thanks for this amazing giveaway!

I have never used Handmaiden yarns before (but have heard how wonderful they are from Alana's podcast!). Would love the opportunity to win- the cookies also look amazing :) The interview was so much fun to listen to- thanks for an enjoyable afternoon!

OMIGOSH!! I have been obsessing over Alana's Cosette Shawl. I know the givaway is for the Cedar leaf shawl and that is would be great too!! I have not knit with the Handmaiden yarns but I would love to try them.

i have used their yarn before! I made the Multnomah shawlette this past fall and it is dreamy! I was actually just thinking of purchasing another skein(ok, 2) to make another shawlette, new pattern. It knit up so well and feels like silk! The colors are pure and lovely! Yup, lol, can you tell i really like them!! Great interview, i luv her hat and am off to peek at all her designs now.

I just bought Alana's shawlette pattern a few days ago and have been agonizing over yarn choice. (Haven't had the pleasure of experiencing the yarn called for.) I'm looking forward to knitting Cedar Leaf! Thanks for another great edition of YOTH!

I have never used or even seen this yarn in my LYS, but it looks lovely! I do follow Alana's blog, though, and when I bumped into a problem problem with an order, found out personally that she is just a lovely person! The gals at One Planet were also fabulous!

I've never had the chance to use this yarn. But I adore the color, actually I adore any yummy yarn that comes in shades of green, but I digress, I can so see how the Handmaiden yarn would work well with the Cedar Leaf pattern.

I have only ever petted this yarn before. No knitting experience with it yet but I am hoping to change that soon. I am currently working my way through the old podcasts of nevernotknitting and am loving it.Thanks for the chance to enter, tashbalaz on ravelry

I actually have purchased two hanks of handmaiden sea silk. I love the texture and the colors. The colorway is bronze. I plan on knitting a shawl with it. Have tried twice and had to frog due to putting down the project and not marking where I left off. The yarn is easy to use and is nice to knit with. The end results are absolutley fabulous!!!

Whoa! How fortuitous! I just started listening to Alana's podcasts(starting from the first one!) this week. I found her because a wonderful friend who lives far away from me "faved" her Cedar Leaf Shawlette. I "gifted" the pattern to her to let her know I was thinking of her. Then I was thinking of myself in that shawlette... I've never tried Handmaiden yarn before, but maybe I'll get my chance soon!Heidibigheidi on ravelry

I have been a fan of Alana's podcast--love the music and comments--plus the beautiful photos. This is the first time reading the blog and listening to your interview. I have not tried Handmaiden yarns. Thank U for making fibers/knitting FUN!!!

I have never tried any HandMaiden yarns but they look beautiful. I am a regular reader of Alana's blog and listener of her podcast. I'm so glad to find this blog too, I've only had a chance to browse a little bit so far but I'm always excited to find new blogs to read!

Everything about this giveaway is yummy! Never had the pleasure to work w/ Hand Maiden Yarns before, but it looks beautiful. Love the pattern and yarn both! And the color is one of my fave! Would love to try the cookie recipe too. Looks just like the kind of homemade cookies that I like. Yum! Ok, I'm drooling on the keyboard. ;-) LOL Thanks for posting this giveaway. Fingers crossed!

I just love the interview with Alana. So nice and informal with quirky personal facts that made me smile and bring the voice & pen (oops keyboard) & lens behind the Pod/Blog alive. I have not knitted with Handmaiden yarns before, though I would love to very much. I must confess to having a penchant for luscious green shades. The last shawl I knitted was green with autumn orange tones and I loved it! You know that last shawl you knitted was wonderful when you over hear while standing in line at the store someone refer to that tall woman standing next to the woman in the beautiful green shawl, and you realize that you're the one in the green shawl! :)

I have been looking at Handmaiden Sea Silk for a long time, ever since I found a pattern for a shawl that uses it. I haven't worked up the courage to try it, however! Also, I got onto NeverNotKnitting via my Google Reader recommendations, and spent quite a while going through her most recent posts. I have yet to listen to the podcast, but now I guess I will have to! :)

Alana is so very talented in knitting, designing and pod-casting. While I've never used Handmaiden yarns before it would be such a treat to give it a try, especially after seeing Alana use this gorgeous yarn for her Cedar Leaf pattern. Thank you for another great giveaway!

I have yet to see Handmaiden in any of the yarn shops around here...sad! But I regularly read Never Not Knitting and I absolutely love her Cedar Leaf shawl! It's gorgeous, as are many of her patterns!!

I have never had the chance to use Handmaiden yarns, but have been dying for the opportunity. And what a wonderful colorway to go with Alana's fabulous pattern. Thank you for putting together this giveaway.

Wonderful wonderful giveaway. I have never used Handmaiden yarns before & would love to win his. i have been listening to Alana's podcast since she first started & she keeps me company while I drive a lot for work.

Alana's patterns are lovely, and her photographs are sublime. I've never used Handmaiden yarn, but I'm that cedar color is gorgeous. I think I must introduce a skein of that into my stash very, very soon.

I haven't used Handmaiden before, but it's always stunning when I see it in yarn stores. I loved the skype podcast with Alana. It was interesting to learn more about her and I'm excited that she's gonna upsize the Spring Garden Tee for adults. The bits of lace make it such a cute pattern.

I love Alana's patterns! I've only made one of hers but it was so beautiful! I was so encouraged to hear she is self taught. I am also. I always feel like, when I'm teaching others to knit, I'm apologizing that I don't know the "proper" way to do some things because I learned to do it my own way! I guess as long as you get the results you want!

I've never used handmaiden yarns but would love to try! And I would love to win this giveaway!

Thanks for the great interview! I love the Never Not Knitting blog. I am pretty new to knitting (only 5 months) so I have not had the opportunity to use Hand maiden yarns, but the skien that is pictured is gorgeous (and my favorite color). :)

I have knit several things in Handmaiden as well, and I have to say, it's definitely one of my favorite yarns. I've been stashing away colors I like and trying to figure out what my next Handmaiden project will be. It's just so darn soft!

I am a regular listener of Alana's podcast, and I'm always excited to discover other knitting blogs, like YarnOnTheHouse. I haven't used Handmaiden yarn, but I can't imagine trying the Cedar Leaf Shawlette without it. I, too, LOVE leaf patterns. And green looks great on me! ;-)

I've never used Handmaiden yarns before, but if that's what she used to make Cedar Leaf, the yarn is absolutely gorgeous (so is the pattern). I am going now to check out One Planet and maybe buy some yarn . . .

I have never used Handmaiden yarn yet, but it looks so beautiful I will definitly consider it in the future. I love checking out Alana's blog every week always so interesting she is very talented.Thank You for the giveaway.

What would not be to love about yarn called "Lady Godiva"?!? I read her blog, but don't really know how to listen to a podcast (I know it's not very "hip" of me to admit that). Maybe I need to learn......

I have used the Handmaiden Casbah before and it is sooo soft. The pair of socks I made with them are my favorites. I would love to try the Godiva. I love Alana's patterns. The ones she makes for her daughter are so beautiful.

Haven't used Handmaiden before, but I have used Fleece Artist though, which is Handmaiden's sister company. This colorway and pattern are gorgeous, though, and I'd love to win! I've been listening to Alana's podcast since the beginning and she's wonderful! :)

I´ve followed never not knitting for a while and have been wanting to knit her cedar leaf pattern. I´ve just been looking for the best yarn for it and I´ve been busy knitting other things. I love the yarn though. Yummy!

Trying this again - hope I didn't double post on accident.... I am a regular listener to Alana's podcast and am excited to find your blog through her. It is lovely. Never used Hand Maiden Yarns but have wanted to.. :)

Thank you so much for this awesome interview. I am a huge Alana fan (and even was a featured knitting story once!). I have used Handmaiden Lady Godiva -- in fact, it was for the Cedar Leaf Shawlette! I receive a lot of compliments on that! :) THANKS again for the fun interview!

Such an amazing giveaway! I've only had the pleasure of working with Hand Maiden's Casbah and Sea Silk, but the Lady Godiva looks incredible! And with a gorgeous pattern to match, someone is going to be a very lucky winner. ;)

I loved your interview with Alana! I have been listening to her podcast for quite a while, and have knit several of her patterns. I have never used Handmaiden yarns, but know they are wonderful...pick me, pick me!KnittyBarb

I haven't ever used HandMaiden yarn, but it's gorgeous and I've heard nothing but good things about it. It has glowing reviews on Ravelry. I hope to be able to knit with some soon, and will certainly be able to do so if I am a lucky winner ;).